Clearwire now provides its 4G WiMAX service to five new cities, which brings its total mobile broadband coverage to 51 million people. However, it’s August and the carrier is only 43 percent of the way to its goal of covering 120 million people before year end. Read More »
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Twilight Eclipse: The 8-Bit Interactive Game, a popular series of interactive YouTube videos that blended Twilight themes with 1980s 8-Bit graphics, has been taken down by YouTube based on a DMCA request by Summit Entertainment, the company that holds the movie rights of the Twilight Franchise. Read More »
More than 70 percent of U.S. broadband customers are happy with their overall service, according to Leichtman Research Group. And just 26 percent are “very interested” in receiving faster speeds at home. Which means that big, bold fiber efforts aren’t supported by today’s consumer demand. Read More »
We’re adding broadband connections to everything, even our appliances, but as we use the web to see more of the world, we allow advertisers and marketers to see in. Instead of giving up broadband or social networks let’s define our terms for a constructive privacy debate. Read More »
Are you enjoying an all-you-can eat 3G data plan on Verizon Wireless? The buffet is over when Verizon’s 4G LTE network arrives later this year. At that point, the menu will change to one of tiered pricing, shifting the usage forecasting burden to consumers. Read More »
The government of Australia has committed $38.9 billion to build an open, fiber-to-the-home network that will serve 93 percent of its citizens, with those in rural areas guaranteed service of up to 12 Mbps. The U.S. can’t replicate that effort but it can learn from it. Read More »
T-Mobile today said it would eliminate its 5 gigabyte per month cap on its mobile broadband service. So is real competition coming to the wireless industry, or is this the end of flat-rate mobile broadband? Both. Read More »
Comcast is embracing convergence as it recognizes the threat of over-the-top video and seeks to create a communications and entertainment package to keep customers paying for the bundle. I spoke with Comcast’s queen of convergence to learn more. Read More »
The Federal Communications Commission issued the long-awaited National Broadband Plan this week, a 376-page document that makes clear the agency accepts the reality of the current wireline duopoly — and as such, has decided to put the burden of competitive pressure on mobile broadband. Read More »
Mike Sievert, chief commercial officer at Clearwire, said the company’s mobile users (those on laptops and dongles outside the home) consume more than an average of 7GB per month of data. Slaking that thirst for mobile data, and doing it cheaply, is essential for Clearwire’s strategy. Read More »
The FCC chairman today outlined a vision for 100 Mbps connections to 100 million homes. But that goal will be easy compared with other aspects of the National Broadband Plan he outlined such as delivering faster universal service, telehealth, a smart grid, and digital literacy programs. Read More »
Over the last few years Mobile World Congress, the mobile phone industry trade show, has experienced a shift from being about mobile phones to being about always-on connectivity. Mobile broadband has changed the value of the mobile ecosystem and thus the players who care about it. Read More »
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